Specific enthalpy

ID: specific-enthalpy

Specific enthalpy by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-25 Updated 2026-10-06
Specific enthalpy is enthalpy per unit mass. For a simple compressible fluid of fixed composition, the first law of thermodynamics gives
where is temperature, is specific entropy, is pressure, and is mass density. Along an isentropic flow, . For a perfect gas with constant specific-heat ratio , .

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